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Sadbhawna Today

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Sunday, July 24, 2011

Go all out to expand GREEN Cover !!!

GO GREEN:Mega plantation drive launched

Under a mega plantation drive 10 lakh saplings will be planted across the Delhi city within a span of one-and-half months in cooperation with NGOs, industry chambers, government agencies RWAs and citizens.

The government has already launched a publicity campaign through social networking sites, FM channels and outdoor advertising to make people aware about the campaign.

The Chief Minister Sheila Dixit launched the drive by planting saplings in one hectare area along the Ring Road bypass. Dikshit and a group of school children planted around 2,500 saplings.

The plantation drive with an aim to increase the green cover of Delhi from the current 20 per cent to the national target of 33 per cent by the year 2012.The green area during the last ten years has increased from 26 sq km to more than 300 sq km.

The plantation campaign has been meticulously planned and all government offices and agencies like Delhi Metro, MCD, NDMC, DDA, DTC and PSUs are being involved in this effort.

Officials said "meticulous planning" and elaborate distribution arrangements are being made under which involvement of all the leading industry chambers including CII, FICCI and Assocham are being sought.Various NGOs and RWAs are also being involved to make the programme a success.

As the year 2011 has been declared by the UN General Assembly as the International Year of Forests and the decade as UN Decade on Biodiversity (2011-20) in recognition of the importance of forests.

The government has made arrangements to make free saplings available at 50 Metro stations, 51 selected petrol pumps, 52 CNG filling stations, 10 government offices, Dilli Haat at Pitampura and INA market.

The exact places from where the saplings can be collected could be seen at www.Greenleapdelhi.Com.

All land owning departments like DDA, MCD, NDMC, Delhi Jal Board, Delhi Cantonment Board and Delhi Police have been asked to prepare a plantation schedule for the period.

Distribution Points:

People would be able to collect saplings from over 150 distribution points in Delhi. Look for the various distribution points as under;

You can contact these DMRC officials for collecting saplings from these metro stations: